Hat-finishing machine



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0. KEARGHER 8v S. EDGETT.

HAT FINISHING MAGHINE.

'i Patented Oct."11,1`881.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES KEAROHER AND STEPHEN EDGETT, OF ORANGE, NEW JERSEY.

HAT-FINISHING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part. of Letters Patent No. 248,182, dated October 11, 1881.

Application filed September 3, 1831. (No model.)

To all lwhom it may concern: A

Be it known that we, GHARLEs KEARCHER and STEPHEN EDGETT, citizens ot' the United States, residing at Orange, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented new and useful Improvements in Hat-Finishing Machines, of which the following is a speci-Y fication.

This invention relates t an improvement'on that class of hat-finishing machines which is described in Letters Pai entNo.234,783, granted to us November 23, 17880.

The object of our invention is to simplifythe construction of the machine, the particular means employed being fully illustrated in the accompanying drawings and pointed ont in the following description and claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l represents a longitudinal vertical section inthe plane .fr a', Fig'. 2. Fig. 2 is a transverse vertical section in the plane y y, Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section in the plane z z, Fig. 1.

Similar letters indicatecorresponding parts.

111 the drawings, the letter A designates a table or frame, which supports the working parts of our machine. In the top of this table is an opening, a, through which extendsa vertical shaft, B, which has its bearings in traverses b c, and to which a revolving motion is imparted by suitable mechanism, as will be hereinafter more fully explained. On the up- 4per end of said shaft is iirmly mounted a platform, C, which is intended to support the hatblock D. This hat-block is secured to the platform by any suitable clamping mechanismsuch, for instance, as that described in the Patent No. 234,783.

The shaft B receives its motion from a driving-shaft, H, on one end of which is mounted a bevel-wheel, I, while on .its `other end is mounted a cog-wheel', J. The bevel-wheel I gea-rsin a correspondingbevel-wheel, l, mount'- ed on the vertical shaft B. The cog-wheel J gears in a cog-wheel, K, mounted on a horizontal shaft, L, that carries a worm, d. This worm engages vwith a worm-wheel, e, mounted on atransverse shaft, M, that carries a cogwheel,f, and this cog-wheel meshes into a rackbar, g, that is tit-ted into a vertical guide, h, and passes through abox, h', secured to said guide, so that when the cog-wheel f revolves it will impart to the rack-bar a movement in a from a rock-shaft, lc, the rounded ends of which have their bearings in slotted guides l', so that said rock-shaft can be raised and lowered, and also partially turned.

N is an arm which extends from the rockshaft in a direction -opposite to the arm j. and from which is suspended a weight, O. From said rock-shaft rise two arms, l L, to the upper ends of which is pivoted the smoothing-iron P.

The lower end ofthe vertical guide h of the rack-bar g is connected bya-pivot,m, toa slide, n, which can be moved by a lever, Q, Fig. 3, which has its fulcrum on a pivot, o, secured in the base of the frame A.

When the smoothing-iron is thrown from the position shown in full lines in Fig. l to that shown in dotted lines, and at the same time the lever Q is moved in the direction of the arrow marked near it in Fig. 3, the rack-bar is thrown out of gear with the cog-wheelf, and the rock-shaft k remains stationary 5 but if the rack-bar g is in gear with the cog-wheel f the rock-shaft lc receives an upward motion, while the smoothing-iron is held in contact with the hat on the block D by the action of the weight O, and by the upward pressure of the rack-bar g on the arms j, and, if desired, this pressure can be increased by means of one of the handles of the smoothing-iron.

The principal advantage gained by the construction of the machine as above described over the mechanism described in Patent No. 234,783 is superior cheapness and simplicity and superior convenience in the operation. A11- Other advantage which we gain is that we can connect a number of our machines to one and the same driving-shaft. This purpose is accomplished by placing the worm-shaft Lin a horizontal position, so that it can be extended through a number of machines, and by mounting on the vertical shaft B a pulley, R, from which motion can be transmitted to the vertical shaft B ofthe second machine, and so on.

We disclaim distinctly everything shown and described in Patent No. 234,783.

What we claim as new, and desire to.V secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination, substantially as herein- IOO before described, of' the revolving platform which carries the hat-block, the arms l Z, which carry the smoothing-iron, the rock-shaft 7c and its arm j, the guides l for the. rook-shaft, the rack-bar g, pivoted to arms j, the vertical guide h for the rack-bar, the slide n and lever Q, and the oog-wheel f.

2. The combination, substantially as hereinbefore described, ot' the vertical shaft B, car- Tying the platform C, the pulley R, mounted on said shaft, the horizontal shaft L, carrying the Worm d, the transverse shaft M, carrying the cog-wheel f, the rack-bar g, moving in a. vertical guide, h, the arms j, pivoted to the oHAs. KEARGHER. [L si s. EDGETT. [L s4 Witnesses:

GEO. l. KINGSLEY, J AMES H. BROWN. 

